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' No. 336,186. Patented Feb. 16, I886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLINTON \V. WVELLS, OF LUCAS, IOWVA.

WASH-BOARD.

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be :QCIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,186, dated February 16, 1886.

Application filed December 17, 1883. Serial No. 114,819. (Modeh) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLINTON W. WELLs,of Lucas, in the county of Lucas and State of Iowa, have invented certain Improvementsin \Vash-Boards, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to that class of washboards which avoids the necessity of the contact of the hands of the operator with the rubbing-surface.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a wash-board constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a partial crosssection on the line a: a: of Fig. 1.

A represents the frame of the board, consisting of parallel sides a a, connected by rounds a a and a cross-plate, B. The sides a a of the frame are each provided with an inwardly-projecting cleat or flange, O, to form ways or guidesc c for the rubber.

D represents parallel rollers, secured in bearings of the frame A, and constituting the rubbing-surface of the board.

Eis the rubber, consisting of a plate or board, e, to which are secured parallel rubbing-ribs e.

and connected by a bar, I.

The rubber E is adapted to be reciprocated in the guideways c c of the frame by means of a yielding cross bar, F, supported centrally above the rubber by cross-bars E E, each provided with a vertically-elongated slot, f, to receive the ends of the bar F. The ends of said bar are recessed to project through the slots f f, and are rounded to form journals f f, to receive anti-friction rollers g g, which travel just under the flanges or cleats C C.

G G represent springs interposed between the bar F and rubber E, to permit a ready yielding of the rubber.

J J representinolined slotted arms, secured near one end of the frame A and provided with thumb-screws K, to facilitate the attachment of the board to a tub or other device.

I claim In a wash-board, the combination, with a base or frame provided with rollers as a rubbing-surface, and with side pieces provided with flanges O, forming suideways, substantially as described, of a rubber provided with a yielding cross-bar, whose ends are provided with anti-friction rollers to travelin theguideways of the frame, substantially as described.

m CLINTON W. 2 \VELLSJ mark.

WVitnesses:

J. Y. STIER, W. H. LANE. 

